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Making D.C. A State Is Key To The Abolition Of Gun Rights
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/24/making-dc-a-state-part-of-abolition-of-gun-rights-n44068
– Anti-gun Democrats aren't just trying to pack the Supreme Court. They're also trying to pack Congress as well. The House approved a D.C. statehood bill on Thursday that would guarantee them two more reliably Democrat senate seats, as well as one more anti-gun member of Congress. The land that DC is...
Defaced Firearms & A Felon Show The Futility Of Gun Control
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/22/defaced-firearms-a-felon-show-futility-of-gun-control-n43975
– There are an estimated 20,000 "gun control" laws on the books in the United States, or that was the alleged case at one time, with detractors saying there are about 300 "gun control" laws on the books. The actual number of freedom limiting laws that we have shouldn't serve as...
Nebraska Congressman Criticized For Testing Capitol Police Response
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/22/ne-congressman-tests-capitol-police-n43999
– The subject of security at the Capitol building is hot. After the actions of several individuals unlawfully entering the building earlier this year (aka "THE INSURRECTION"), the decry for more and better security measures has occurred. A lot of this comes with a steaming cup of hypocrisy, such as Pelosi's...
Broward County Schools Superintendent Arrested On Perjury Charges
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/22/broward-superintendent-perjury-n43996
– More than three years after the Parkland shooting in 2018, parents and critics of the failures of the Broward County Public Schools are getting a small measure of relief after a grand jury indicted Robert Runcie, the superintendent of the school district. According to media reports, Runcie was arrested on...
Activist Wants A War On Words (And Guns)
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/21/activist-war-on-words-and-guns-n43904
– Like most articles, this one will just be a flash in the pan, however that is not to mean that it is going to be a squib.  Language matters. Words matter. Rhetoric matters. What also matters is the continual assault on anything "gun" related.  This may seem as if it's...
FL Governor's Signing Of Anti-Riot Bill Just Common Sense
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/04/21/fl-anti-riot-bill-just-common-sense-n43896
– If we took a 30,000 foot view of the Earth we'd find it to be smoldering. Okay, that is not completely accurate, however if we've added up the collective events over the last number of years, dating back as far as the Obama administration, there is a symbolic smoldering that...
The Left's Latest Attack On NRA Reeks Of Deflection
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/10/lefts-latest-attack-nra-deflection-n44935
– The shooting in Colorado Springs on Sunday that left six dead is a tragedy, unless of course you're a fan of gun control, in which case it's also an opportunity to fire up the Twitter machine and hurl your misplaced outrage at the National Rifle Association. This Huffpost article decided to...
Some Pro-2A Ideas For Republicans In Congress To Ponder
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/08/pro-2a-ideas-congress-ponder-n44695
– Let's be honest here; while there's not quite the support that progressives were hoping to have in Congress to be able to steamroll over the Constitution and put new gun control laws in force right now, the chances of pro-Second Amendment legislation passing the Democrat-controlled House and Senate stands at...
As Pandemic Ebbs, Media Wants You To Panic About Shootings
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/06/as-pandemic-ebbs-media-panic-shootings-n44773
– There is no doubt in my mind that the long term affects of the pandemic are going to reverberate for years to come. I have people in my personal life that I'm already thinking (I know) they're going to have a hard time readjusting to normal society. At times it's...
Pro-Gun Author Latest Victim Of Social Media Censorship
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/06/pro-gun-author-social-media-censorship-n44750
– When an author releases a new title it is a celebratory event. After putting in the time and effort, the days leading up to and of release of show the fruits of hard labor. With six other titles under his belt, author and Second Amendment advocate Yehuda Remer, also known...
Merrick Garland And The Re-Defining Of "Domestic Terrorism"
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/05/merrick-garland-re-defining-domestic-terrorism-n44689
– The constant world-play and games that are spewed forth from the talking heads who act as the masters of the universe gets old. Thematically the progressive agenda is really great about re-branding. You don't need to be cracking open a cold can of Woke-a-Cola in order to see this. Commonly-owned...
Border Crisis: Let's Ignore The Firearms That Tag Along
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/05/border-crisis-lets-ignore-the-firearms-that-tagalong-n44676
– The heated debate over border security continues. After listening to years of criticism about how one administration handled "the border", we're presented with new dramas concerning the debate on safeguarding America's best interests. Barbed wire fence currently surrounds our capitol building, in what can only be described as an act...
Let's All Lament The Woes Of The ATF
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/04/lets-all-lament-the-woes-of-the-aft-n44620
– The New York Times just put out a piece on May 2, 2021 and I really have to say they've outdone themselves on this one. The article entitled "How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’" is so outlandish that to not comment would be a...
Senate Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act Introduced
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/02/senate-constitutional-concealed-carry-reciprocity-n44556
– On April 29, 2021 Senators Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), in introducing a bill called the "Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act." The introduction of this legislation is another step in the direction of freedom. While similar measures have been introduced...
Massachusetts Criminal Roundup Illustrates Progressive Failure
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/01/massachusetts-criminal-roundup-illustrates-progressive-failure-n44543
– Massachusetts has some of the harshest and most draconian gun laws in the country. People from Massachusetts seem to think so, that is until they talk to someone from Jersey. The Giffords law center gives Massachusetts an "A-", which for us freedom loving Americans, that'd be a big fat "F-"....
NJ Second Amendment Group Hosts Historic DC Project Fundraiser
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/18/nj-second-amendment-group-hosts-historic-dc-project-fundraiser-n45268
– One of the largest growing demographics of gun owners is women. The firearm industry has been slow to respond to this, thinking that just slapping a pink label on something or having a firearm coated a "pretty" color was good enough to fit the needs of women. While the industry...
It's Hammer-Control Time
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/16/its-hammer-control-time-n45136
– The statistics are just not on the side of the anti-freedom caucus. When looking at or digging through the data that's most readily available from the FBI, there is much to be learned. It's safe to say that most of the numbers are just downright inconvenient for gun control fans....
NJ GOP Gubernatorial Debate Features Question On Right To Carry
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/05/29/nj-gop-gubernatorial-debate-right-to-carry-n45697
– The Garden State will be having their primary election on June 8th to choose a GOP opponent to run against tyrant Governor Phil "the Bill of Rights is above my pay grade" Murphy. On the GOP ballet are the following candidates: Jack Ciattarelli, Brian D. Levine, Philip Rizzo, and Hirsh...
Arrest Made In New Jersey Gun Control Failure That Left Two Dead
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2021/05/24/arrest-made-nj-gun-control-failure-two-dead-n45586
– Like I've mentioned before, I've teased our own John Petrolino that if he moved to Illinois, he'd be in a freer state, crazy as that…
Review: "Crime Proof" Book A Must Read
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/08/crime-proof-book-a-must-read-book-review-n46196
– Over the last few weeks I have been waiting in anticipation to get the final word on the first shipment of Anthony Colandro's new book Crime Proof. Full disclosure, Anthony is a friend and colleague of mine, and I did have the honor of offering him peer reviews while he...
Florida Court Finds Firearms Seizure Violated Gun Owner's Rights
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/07/florida-court-gun-seizure-violated-rights-n46118
– Personal relationships have nuance. Work relationships have nuance. What happens when "work" relationships get "personal"? More nuance. The delicate matter of balancing what is harassing versus what is normal communications between friends, collogues, contacts, etc. when what is being said is not welcomed or appealing is a true minuet. The...
NY Gun Buyback "Success" Shows A Pile of Junk
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/07/ny-gun-buyback-success-shows-a-pile-of-junk-n46141
– On May 27, 2021 the New York State Attorney General was celebrating a successful gun "buyback" program in Rochester, New York on their official Facebook page. Cam Edwards previously covered this story, but I was compelled to follow-up after over five thousand comments were on the AG's post online. So-called gun...
NJ Attorney General's Office Offers Fake News About Mag Ban
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/04/nj-oag-doesnt-even-know-the-law-n46035
– New Jersey has recently been under some investigation. One of my colleagues over at the Second Amendment Foundation's (SAF) investigative journalism branch, Lee Williams, reported about a gross misuse of the Office of Attorney General (OAG). In his piece Williams points towards New Jersey attacking a company that is based...
Female Head Of 2nd Amendment Group Running For Office
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/19/female-head-2nd-amendment-group-running-for-office-n46650
– On June 16, 2021 an announcement was made by an individual running for the Board of Selectmen in Southbury, CT. Normally a story like this might not garner a ton of national attention, however this situation is different. Meet Holly Sullivan. Sullivan, a transplant from New York now calling Connecticut...
Hearing Protection Act Reintroduced
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2021/06/18/hearing-protection-act-reintroduced-n46705
– It was announced on June 16, 2021 that S. 2050: The Hearing Protection Act has been reintroduced. S 2050 aims "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes." The bill is sponsored by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and...
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